This was posted beside Dallas' Power ranking this week on ESPN. I'm not knocking Romo by no means, just wanted to share since they must dig deep to come up with a stat like this....

"Tony Romo has six interceptions during the past three seasons that have dropped Dallas' win probability by at least 20 percent. Matt Schaub and Eli Manning (seven) have the most."

ESPN Power Rankings

I have no idea what they mean by this stat. How on earth do they calculate that? Romo's choked a # of times, but he's an amatuer compared to Schaub when it comes to throwing away games. Seems like Schaub is throwing a crippling pick on a weekly basis. The interception he threw against Seattle might be a season killer for them. And they don't have the luxury of playing in the NFCE.

Does anyone even know what this means? In general, every giveaway is bad and every takeaway is good. Even I, as a mere fan, understand this. But, what is a 20% loss in "win probability". It sounds like nonsense to me.

So it wasn't an ill-timed interception? As opposed to say, an interception in the second quarter when you're leading by 14?

It was an ill-advised throw. What was ill-timed was two of his linemen taking him out on the throw and Escobar not running the route correctly. With those two things happening, there no telling what the result would have been otherwise. Those are pretty big parts of what happened on that play.

It was an ill-advised throw. What was ill-timed was two of his linemen taking him out on the throw and Escobar not running the route correctly. With those two things happening, there no telling what the result would have been otherwise. Those are pretty big parts of what happened on that play.

Fact: Romo threw a pick at the worst possible time, regardless of your list of excuses.
Fact: He has a history of doing so.

That's all this thread is about and it is indisputable. This thread is not about how the rest of the team played. We aren't talking about the why or the how. Those things are pertinent in other discussions but not this one.

I repeat: Tony's play didn't lose us the game, but his interception sealed it. Fact.